http://culturalbytes.disqus.com/enTue, 04 Sep 2012 01:51:40 -0000http://culturalbytes.com/post/102341281#comment-639168882<p>glad it was useful kaschelle!</p>triciawangTue, 04 Sep 2012 01:51:40 -0000http://culturalbytes.com/post/102341281#comment-638905761<p>Thank you, this was a great read. I was googling alternatives to "developing" (ick) nations and this came up as a top hit. </p>Kaschelle ThiessenMon, 03 Sep 2012 17:33:30 -0000http://culturalbytes.com/post/102341281#comment-204907774<p>Humm, this is rather interesting, coming from an United Statian (as you talk about the United States of America as being America, like most ppl in the anglo world does, which is kinda the same thing you are discussing here), I liked the Less/Un/Evenly Developed term because it wraps up pretty well the challenges in Latin America and some other countries, as all of LatAm countries economic successes are unevenly distributed among their population, but i think that's not the complete reason some countries are called developed or whatever, as some important rights are missing, as there is very little law enforcement, corruption, impunity, etc.., nonetheless I think Developing, Emerging or whatever it's a misguided term because there are are big differences between the "developing" nations, and for the post before just wake up to the fact that there is 7billion people in the world and somewhere around a Billion live in the developed world, and I'm pretty sure half of the people in the wold does not know what the term refers to and which countries applies to.. but anyways i think this has something to do with, is it really what the developed world advertise as being the "better thing" or what everyone else should do, and all those post WWII institutions, IMF WB UN, is this real "progress"?, and let me point out that Cuba has the  same Life Expectancy than the USA, and what works for some, doesn't necessarily works for everyone else, haha well i liked this coment, and dont mind my spelling mistakes since I'm not a native English speaker and i didn't pay any attention to it, Saludos :)</p>ApoloTue, 17 May 2011 02:57:27 -0000http://culturalbytes.com/post/102341281#comment-76936634<p>wat the fuck I didn't understand a single thing you said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Next time try and use an easier language</p>KirstietuckerSat, 11 Sep 2010 13:25:47 -0000http://culturalbytes.com/post/102341281#comment-58194203<p>Dear God, why on earth does this matter? Humans are becoming increasingly stupid. Now we do not dispute over something logical, such as a boar's carcass, no, we must dispute over words. It's like in hospitals, where patient's visits are no longer simply admissions but 'journeys'. Indeed, assumptions and connotations, awfully important, however when the majority of the world speaks these particular words we should be happy that we at least understand the concept as one. Face the facts, monsieur or madame, that some countries are developed and some are developing. Indeed, some are simply under-developed, why say any different when they are not even trying to develop (hence the 'ing')? Yes! Agencies are coming in to change Bolivia! Why else would they be there? To NOT change anything? Countries need to be changed, their culture should be preserved, of course, and long-term aid should help them to help themselves, this is development! Please, we could dispute for the rest of the Earth's existence which word sums things up best, but that's not really action, is it? There will always be connotations. There will always be misunderstandings. All humans think a little differently, we interpret differently. One of the things we hold on to are common words. 'Development' is a universal word. Thank you, monsieur or madame, for reading.</p>MardiWed, 23 Jun 2010 04:34:25 -0000